Date/Time
Date(s) - 18th Feb 2022 - 26th Jun 2022
All Day

Location
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Categories

• Exhibitions - Other Artists

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The Last Major Exhibition within the UK City of Culture 2021 Programme

An exhibition of the Coventry born artist, designer and activist in his hometown and is the first time that his work has gone on display in the UK. It is a collaboration with the artist and co-producer Gary Everett.

It features a major installation An Army of My Life, which takes inspiration from the Terracotta Army, and features 50 3D sculptures, each of which are modelled on the artist and including a cast of his face, manifestations of Lismore’s life living as sculpture.

The life-size (6’4”) sculptures are fashioned in Lismore’s elaborate and extravagant ensembles, expressions of body adornment and conceptual thinking. They combine haute couture with items from his personal collection of nearly 7,000 unique curiosities, including charity-shop finds, yards of vintage fabrics and found objects.

Be Yourself examines social, historical and cultural themes central to Lismore’s work and life living as sculpture. He has been a noted advocate of sustainable fashion, which sits at the heart of his artistic practice, a design philosophy that espouses creative re-use, upcycling of materials and reduction of impact on the environment. His relationships with creative communities around the world also inform his work and activism.

“Daniel is very beautiful, big and impressive. To dress up and show himself around is a wonderful act of generosity. He always does good things.” –Dame Vivienne Westwood

Photographs by Colin Douglas Gray

“Daniel’s looks are fearless mashups of haute couture, salvage, religious paraphernalia, and club culture. He is one of the few originals of his generation.” –Edward Enninful Obe, editor British Vogue

Lismore has been called “England’s most eccentric dresser” by Vogue, exhibited around the world, and has designed costumes for the English National Opera. He was Creative Director of luxury label Sorapol where he dressed Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Naomi Campbell, Cara Delevingne, Adam Ant and Boy George amongst others. Many of the pieces designed for his celebrity clientele will be on display in Coventry.

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